Traumatic Asplenia in Adults
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 116 (3), 361-363
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380150079022
Abstract
• The problem of postsplenectomy sepsis in adults with traumatic asplenia was reviewed and discussed. Alternatives to splenectomy should be considered when feasible, and pneumococcal vaccination and prophylactic antibiotics are necessary when splenectomy is unavoidable. (Arch Surg 1981;116:361-363)Keywords
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